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Q: Which law enforcement agent maintains jails and prisons?
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Who funds jails and prisons?

Jails and prisons are funded mostly by local, state, and federal taxes. If you work and pay taxes then you fund jails and prisons.


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At the end of 2009 there was 2,292,133 jails and prisons that were incarcerated.


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Jails/prisons and schools are the opposite of each other...the less schools that you have (to educate/enlighten) the more jails/prisons you will need.


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How many types of prisons are in the US?

There are at least 7 types of prisons in the United States. These are: jails, federal prisons, state prisons, rehabilitation prisons, minimum security, medium security, and maxium security prisons. Actually there are four types of prisons in the United States. Military, Juvenile, Political, and Psychiatric. Jails are considered temporary holding facilities for criminals until they can be moved and housed into a prison.


How have the courts affected inmate population and the administration of jails and prisons?

The court system has lead to overcrowding in many jails and prisons. Overcrowding leads to poor inmate health care, sickness, and an increase in assaults.